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,ence of meridians between that and Martinico, Don 

 George Juan found to be 6° 49', whereas I made it 

 56'. The caufe of this difagreement was, that, finding 

 a fen fible difference in the latitudes, I regulated myfelf 

 by the currents, imagining, according to the opinion of 

 all our navigators, thatthey let to the N.W. •, which Don 

 George did not, and by that means his reckoning an- 

 fwered to the real diftance betwixt thefe two iflands, and 

 mine was erroneous. But that the water was in motion, 

 is not to be queftioned ; for in all the latitudes from 

 June 30, to July 3, thofe found by obfervation exceed- 

 ed thofe by account, 10', 13', and even 15 minutes-, a 

 fufficient proof that the currents run diredily N. and not 

 N. W. . 



From the 2d at fix in the morning, till the day we- 

 made Curafao and Uruba, we had fh allow water, of a 

 greenifh colour, which continued till about half pad fe- 

 ven in the evening, when we entered the gulph. 



Our courfe from Martinicc^to Curafao, during the 

 two firfl days, was fouth 8 1 ^ wefierly ; and the two lalt. 

 fouth 64'' degrees wefteriy. From thence to Carthagena 

 we kept at a proper diftance from the coaff, fo as to dif- 

 tinguifh its moft noted capes, and inhabited places. 



On the 5th we difcovered the mountains of St. 

 Martha, fo well knovN^n for their height, and being a^ 

 covered with fnow, and at fix in the morning we crofled 

 at the current of thick water, which iffues with prodi- 

 gious rapidity from the river de la Magdalena, and ex- 

 tends feveral leagues into the fea. About fix in the 

 evening found ourfelves to the northward of Cape de 

 Canoa, where we lay to, and continued till feven in the 

 morning, when we let all our fails, which at eight in the 

 evening brought us under fort Boca Chica, where we 

 came to an anchor in 34 fathom water, the bottom 

 muddy. On the 8th we endeavoured to get into 

 Carthagena-bay, but could not before the 9th fecure- 

 ly moor our fbip. 



During 



